From My Little Blue Window
By Elvis Costello
Well, I was a gloomy soul
Never thought I see a brighter day
The dark interior
Blows those silver clouds away
'Til now this was my view
But I'm counting on you
How am I ever going got make you see?
Nothing in this ugly world comes easily
I want you to be...
My lovely hooligan
Come by and...
Christchurch CBD earthquake rebuild lit in the last fading golden glow of the day - taken with 70-200 F4 IS from Mt Pleasant.
I count at least three big cranes!
Closeup of the Grand Chancellor showing the south eastern corner, which is where it has slumped and broken and is now leaning in that direction.
I note that they have taken some equipment out of the roof, you can see daylight through the gaps on the other side. The broken windows are also clearly visible with curtains hanging in some of them. ...
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The clock face on the left is showing the correct time. The clock face on the right stopped at the moment of the big earthquake in CHCH on Sept 4th at 4.25am. It stayed like that for a week until fixed. Interestingly that face has not shown the correct time since.
A photograph of a postcard depicting Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building'.
White ground with lines and leaves on handles (blue), intricate blue design on base and blue illustration of noble folk relaxing in the country. Part of this blue Watteau dinner service is already in the collection. The base is stamped with a small urn mark (smaller than EC1990.1245) and text, "Watteau. Burslem, England. Doulton". Part of this i...
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building'.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building'.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Blue Lagoon Drive in Brooklands. The whole of this street is red zoned land. Some of the homeowners are unhappy with the land zoning as they believe that their area has much less impact from liquefaction than other red zoned areas. Some of the street lights are leaning, but the road seems in very good condition for a red zoned street and there is little evidence of liquefaction. Most red zoned streets have none of their original surface left, and the liquefaction is evident on all the verges and gardens".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "11 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "3 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "4 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "6 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
A photograph of street art in Sydenham behind the Waverley lounge. The art is partially obstructed by an unconnected pipe and depicts four blue bricks, three pink diamonds, three yellow scratches, and a line of blue, pink, and black bubbles.
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "5 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "10 Blue Lagoon Drive, a red zoned property in Brooklands".
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden's painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
A photograph of Julia Holden standing under her painting 'Blue Building' displayed on a billboard in Auckland.
